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Launch of the Nobel Peace Laureates Alliance for Food Security and Peace
11 May 2016, Rome--- FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva welcomed today Oscar Arias Sánchez, Tawakkol Karman, Betty Williams and Muhammad Yunus at FAO headquarters in Rome for the launch of the FAO-Nobel Peace Laureates Alliance for Food Security and Peace, a new initiative that will advise FAO on how to strengthen the link between peace and food security in countries. The addresses by the four laureates and the FAO Director-General were followed by a discussion and the signing of a declaration.
Keynote address by the FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva.
Addresses by Nobel Peace Laureates: (00:00)Prof Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank; (13:54)Oscar Arias Sánchez, former President of Costa Rica (in Spanish); (32:13)Tawakkol Karman, former member of the UN post-2015 High-Level Panel and Yemeni women’s rights activist and advocate for peace (in Arabic); (52:31)Betty Williams, President, World Centers of Compassion for Children International; (65:58)Kofi Annan, President, Kofi Annan Foundation (video message).
General discussion.
Marcela Villarreal, Director of FAO’s Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development, on the launch of the FAO-Nobel Peace Laureates Alliance.
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